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HB1206 - Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission - Establishment
Ken Kerr, Courtney Watson, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
70 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission in the Department of Commerce to study and make recommendations regarding bilateral trade relations and investment opportunities between Maryland and Ireland; and requiring the Commission by December 1 2025, to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
STATUS
Passed
HB1279 - Maryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric- and Solar-Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2024)
Adrian Boafo, Lorig Charkoudian, Linda Foley
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, on or before certain dates and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, a requirement that new buildings and significant improvements of buildings and structures meet all water and space heating demands of the building or structure without the use of fossil fuels, meet energy conservation requirements, and meet an electric- and solar-ready standard for certain buildings; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1194 - Hospitals - Patient's Bill of Rights Training and Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans (Safe Staffing Act of 2024)
Jennifer White Holland, Gabriel Acevero, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 6 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to establish a clinical staffing committee by January 1, 2025; requiring each clinical staffing committee to develop a clinical staffing plan by July 1, 2025; requiring that an administrator of a hospital, under certain circumstances, provide certain training regarding the patient's bill of rights either through training provided by staff members or by contracting with a third party.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1270 - Health Benefit Plans - Prescription Drugs - Rebates and Calculation of Cost Sharing Requirements
Pamela Lanman Guzzone, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 8 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Requiring that the calculation of an enrollee's contribution to a cost sharing requirement for a prescription drug be based on the list price of the drug reduced by at least 85% of the total amount of rebates received or expected to be received by the carrier or pharmacy benefits manager for the dispensing or administration of the prescription drug; and prohibiting the disclosure of certain information concerning rebates.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1438 - Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2024
David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo, Adrian Boafo, Courtney Watson
Last updated 8 months ago
55 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for State efforts to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change and to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund to support efforts to mitigate climate change; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1304 - Maryland Department of Health and Department of Aging - Earned Income Tax Credit - Distribution of Information and Training
Anne R Kaiser, Gabriel Acevero, Nick Allen
Last updated 5 months ago
64 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a process for providing information about the availability of the State's earned income tax credits to individuals enrolled or participating in certain programs or services, or potential enrollees in certain programs, administered by the Maryland Department of Health; and requiring the Department of Aging to provide training to the Maryland Access Point network to increase awareness of the availability of the State's earned income tax credit.
STATUS
Passed
HB619 - Public Health - Commission on Universal Health Care
Sheila Ruth, Nick Allen, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 8 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Commission on Universal Health Care to determine the feasibility of establishing a State universal health care program to provide health benefits to all residents of the State through a single-payer system; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report on June 1, 2026 and a final report with its analysis and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by October 1, 2027.
STATUS
Introduced
HB756 - General Provisions - State Flag - Casket of an Eligible Decedent
Thomas S. Hutchinson, Carl Anderton, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 5 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Secretary of State to furnish a State flag to drape the casket of an eligible decedent; establishing the process for a State flag to be claimed after burial; providing that only one flag may be provided for the death of an eligible decedent; and prohibiting the Secretary of State from procuring a flag that is not wholly produced in the United States.
STATUS
Passed
HB76 - Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccines
Lesley J. Lopez, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a pharmacist to order and administer certain vaccinations to individuals in certain age groups if certain requirements are met; altering the vaccinations that a pharmacist can administer to individuals at least 3 years old; and altering the circumstances under which a pharmacist may administer certain vaccinations.
STATUS
Passed
HB566 - Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names
Brooke Grossman, Nick Allen, Elizabeth M. Embry
Last updated 7 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names to develop and implement a framework to identify real property owned by the State or a political subdivision that bears a Confederate name; and requiring the Commission to make recommendations regarding the real property that should be renamed and report its findings to the Governor, the Mayor and City County of Baltimore City, the governing body of each county, and the General Assembly by October 1, 2031.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-013
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Pamela Lanman Guzzone was born in Mount Kisco, NY. She earned her B.A. from Lehigh University in 1978 and her J.D. from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in 1981. Guzzone was a Commissioner on Maryland's Workers Compensation Commission from 1998 to 2005. She served as Chair from 2002 to 2005. Guzzone also worked as Counsel to the Maryland Hospital Association from 1992 to 1998. Guzzone currently represents District 13 in the Maryland State Senate, first elected in 2006.read less
OFFICES HELD
Maryland House from Maryland
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